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Brendan Rodgers has reiterated his desire to strengthen the Liverpool squad
before the transfer window closes and admitted a long-term injury to
Sebastian Coates has increased the urgency for new signings.

Liverpool have conceded defeat in the battle to sign Willian, with the Brazil
winger on the verge of joining Tottenham Hotspur, and Rodgers insists they
cannot to afford to dwell on missing out on another major target with the
end of the transfer window less than a fortnight away.

“Over the course of the summer we’ve been very ambitious and some might say
too ambitious,” Rodgers, the Liverpool manager,